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Vanbrugh Castle, Westcombe Park Road, Greenwich, London, May 1933. View from the driveway of an ivy-clad castle with round and square towers
Interior of an office with a man on the telephone, Greenwich, London, November 1936Interior of an office on the ground floor, with a man on the telephone, 1 High Bridge, Greenwich, London, November 1936. A messy office is piled with papers and box files
Horse-drawn vehicles in High Holborn, London, 1898. View along the street with a queue of horse-drawn carriages
Barges and goods in front of Fishmongers Hall, seen from London Bridge, 1912. Barrels and a crane sit on the quay in front or the hall, with barges moored on the Thames
Shop windows, looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912Shop windows on Old Change looking south from Cheapside, London, May 1912. Narrow street with a Saxone shoe shop on the left. Horse-drawn carts and pedestrians are visible
Children drawing water from the Aldgate pump, London, August 1908. One boy pumps while the other holds a cup under the water outlet. To the left is a street fire alarm, with a bank behind
Shops on Bishopsgate, London, October 1909. View from the south looking towards Norton Folgate. The blurs are caused by moving cars, due to the long exposure of the photograph
Pensioners in the Womens Day Room at the Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935Pensioners sitting and reading in the Womens Day Room at the Lambeth Home for Aged Poor (renamed Elderwood ), London, 1935. Women sit in armchairs ranged round the walls
Kitchen at the Fulham Hostel, London, 1947. Empty kitchen with large vats for preparing food. A drain runs below the taps
Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor, London, 1935Pensioners playing cards in the Mens Day Room, Lambeth Home for Aged Poor (renamed Elderwood ), London, 1935
Display of posters at a training centre, Deptford, London, 1935Display of posters at the Nynehead Street Non-Residential Training Centre, Deptford, London, 1935
Hair dressing class for men at the Bromley Non-Residential Training Centre, London, 1934Hair dressing class for men at the Bromley Non-Residential Training Centre, Bromley by Bow, London, 1934. Men training to be barbers, with a row of chairs and mirrors at one end of the room
Men sitting in the library at Cedars Lodge old peoples home, Wandsworth, London, 1939. Old men sit reading or nodding off in a parquet-floored room with no visible bookshelves
Boys making bread at Upton House Truant School, Hackney, London, 1908. Scene in the bakery; one boy gets a loaf of bread out of the oven
Children and carers in a garden, Hampstead, London, 1960Children and carers in Wadham Gardens, Hampstead, London, 1960. Women and children in the garden of a nursery with prams, playpens and toys
Group of women visitors in front of a school, Croydon, 1937Group of women visitors in front of the ivy-clad Shirely Residential School, Croydon, 1937. Female visitors standing in front of a Pullman coach
Boys emigrating to Canada setting off from Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Essex, 1908Boys emigrating to Canada setting off from Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Manor House, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex, 1908
Roll call of boys about to emigrate to Canada, Essex, 1908Roll call of boys about to emigrate to Canada, Saint Nicholas Industrial School, Manor House, Manor Park, East Ham, Essex, 1908
Language lesson on daffodils at Oak Lodge School for Deaf Girls, London, 1908Language lesson on daffodils at Oak Lodge Residential School for Elder Deaf Girls, Clapham Common, Wandsworth, London, 1908
Young children asleep at Mitcham Residential School, London, 1931. Infants asleep on camp beds in the Nursery, a rather bare classroom with a fireguard round the fireplace
Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1908. Workshop with boys making baskets and cribs, with completed baskets hanging from the ceiling
Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, London, 1908Boys tailoring class at Highbury Truant School, Islington, London, 1908. Boys learn to make clothes; some draw patterns, others use sewing machines, while at the back more boys sew by hand
Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908Boys at work in the smiths shop, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Boys in aprons learning metalwork in the smithy
Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls in the gymnasium pose in pyramid formation with flags; others sit on apparatus
Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Seamanship training: boys standing on the masts and rigging of an old sailing ship with part of the hull removed
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls work at making baskets, with examples of the finished product on display
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls sit at desks, possibly reading Braille, in a rather bare room
Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. The school cricket team pose with a trophy and their cricket bats
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines
Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900. Boys in uniform sit reading large books, left. Others sit in pairs playing dominoes. The room is bare and bleak
Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Boys in uniform stand in line; a brass band plays on the right
Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931. Young children sit at a table and others play with sand
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground
Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900. Serious-looking boys sit obediently at their desks in an extremely long classroom. There seem to be at least four teachers
Official Opening of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The Prince and Princess of Wales approach the gates on the south side in Brunel Road
The Prince of Wales officially opening the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The prince opens the gate to the southern entrance to the tunnel under the Thames
Workmen tiling the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, December 1907. Workmen using scaffolding to fix tiles to the tunnel roof and walls in a section under the River Thames
Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907. Front view of the cutting edge of the shield where it emerges into Shaft 1 (Tunnel B)
Men pushing railway trucks along the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, June 1907. View of the tunnel under the Thames between shafts 3 and 4, showing the curve of the track
Miners at work on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, February 1907. Two sections of the shield, with bare-chested miners at work
Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2
Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906Bulkhead to retain compressed air in the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906. Viewed from the inside with workmen standing by hatches
Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906. View looking east across the the bridge over the East London Railway towards the mouth of the tunnel under the River
Construction of the bridge approach to Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Building a bridge across the East London Railway for the southern approach to tunnel under the River Thames
The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906. Men constructing the caisson for Shaft 4 of the tunnel under the River Thames
The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905. Construction of the cut and cover section of the tunnel under the River Thames